Concrete Dunes

Concrete Dunes
Compilation album by Grandaddy
Released	October 2002
Genre	Indie rock
Length	61:27
Label	Lakeshore
Grandaddy chronology
Through a Frosty Plate Glass (2001) Concrete Dunes (2002) Sumday (2003)

Concrete Dunes is a compilation album by American indie rock band Grandaddy, released in October 2002 by record label Lakeshore. ^[1] This album has created some controversy among fans of the band, as this was not released with the band's permission. ^[2] It contains all 12 tracks from The Broken Down Comforter Collection , which collected tracks from the band's early releases, plus three additional tracks (Why Would I Want to Die, My Small Love, 12-Pak-599). ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Stylus	B− [4]

Heather Phares of AllMusic described it as "a pretty good overview of Grandaddy's evolution from shambling, fuzzed-out indie rock to the more ambitious, spacy sound of their later work." ^[3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Jason Lytle.

1. "Why Would I Want to Die" – 4:23
2. "My Small Love" – 1:22
3. "12-Pak-599" – 3:58
4. "Wretched Songs" – 5:46
5. "Levitz" – 4:25
6. "For the Dishwasher" – 3:57
7. "Sikh in a Baja VW Bug" – 2:06
8. "Lava Kiss" – 3:06
9. "Fentry" – 4:26
10. "Gentle Spike Resort" – 3:10
11. "Away Birdies with Special Sounds" – 2:01
12. "Kim You Bore Me to Death" – 4:39
13. "Pre Merced" – 3:01
14. "Taster" – 4:09
15. "Egg Hit and Jack Too" – 10:58

References

1. Strong, Martin C. (2003). The Great Indie Discography. Canongate. p. 773. ISBN   1-84195-335-0.
2. "In Music We Trust - Grandaddy: Concrete Dunes". inmusicwetrust.com. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
3. Phares, Heather. "Concrete Dunes – Grandaddy | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved December 12, 2014.
4. Hamilton, Ryan (September 1, 2003). "Grandaddy – Concrete Dunes – Review – Stylus Magazine". Stylus . Retrieved April 26, 2016.

External links

• Concrete Dunes at Discogs (list of releases)